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Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possible French invasion, it was the last in a series of artillery batteries that had existed on the site since the mid-16th century. The fort's position enabled it to guard the strategic point where the River Medway meets the Thames. It is a rare example of a two-tiered casemated fort – one of only two of that era in the country – with a design that is otherwise similar to that of several of the other forts along the lower Thames. It remained operational until 1956 and is now used by the Sheerness Docks as a port installation.

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  • Garrison Point Fort ist die Ruine eines Artillerieforts am Ende der Garrison Point Peninsula, einer Halbinsel in Sheerness auf der Isle of Sheppey in der englischen Grafschaft Kent. Die in den 1860er-Jahren als Antwort auf eine befürchtete französische Invasion erbaute Anlage war die letzte einer Reihe von Artilleriebatterien, die seit dem 16. Jahrhundert an dieser Stelle existierten. Von dieser Position aus konnte man die strategisch wichtige Mündung des River Medway in die Themse überwachen. Es handelt sich um ein seltenes Beispiel für ein zweireihiges Kasemattenfort – eines von nur zwei seiner Art im Land. In anderer Hinsicht entspricht seine Anlage der verschiedener anderer Forts am Unterlauf der Themse. Das Fort blieb bis 1956 in Betrieb und dient heute den Docks in Sheerness als Hafeneinrichtung. (de)
  • Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possible French invasion, it was the last in a series of artillery batteries that had existed on the site since the mid-16th century. The fort's position enabled it to guard the strategic point where the River Medway meets the Thames. It is a rare example of a two-tiered casemated fort – one of only two of that era in the country – with a design that is otherwise similar to that of several of the other forts along the lower Thames. It remained operational until 1956 and is now used by the Sheerness Docks as a port installation. (en)
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  • 1861–72
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  • Garrison Point Fort viewed from the Medway (en)
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  • Sheerness, Kent, England (en)
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  • Medway Ports Ltd (en)
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  • Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Built in the 1860s in response to concerns about a possible French invasion, it was the last in a series of artillery batteries that had existed on the site since the mid-16th century. The fort's position enabled it to guard the strategic point where the River Medway meets the Thames. It is a rare example of a two-tiered casemated fort – one of only two of that era in the country – with a design that is otherwise similar to that of several of the other forts along the lower Thames. It remained operational until 1956 and is now used by the Sheerness Docks as a port installation. (en)
  • Garrison Point Fort ist die Ruine eines Artillerieforts am Ende der Garrison Point Peninsula, einer Halbinsel in Sheerness auf der Isle of Sheppey in der englischen Grafschaft Kent. Die in den 1860er-Jahren als Antwort auf eine befürchtete französische Invasion erbaute Anlage war die letzte einer Reihe von Artilleriebatterien, die seit dem 16. Jahrhundert an dieser Stelle existierten. Von dieser Position aus konnte man die strategisch wichtige Mündung des River Medway in die Themse überwachen. Es handelt sich um ein seltenes Beispiel für ein zweireihiges Kasemattenfort – eines von nur zwei seiner Art im Land. In anderer Hinsicht entspricht seine Anlage der verschiedener anderer Forts am Unterlauf der Themse. Das Fort blieb bis 1956 in Betrieb und dient heute den Docks in Sheerness als Hafe (de)
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